Chinese Pod
I agree, Chinese Pod is the best. It is a lot of fun does not feel like learning and is effective.
How to learn Mandarin
It made me 
"long hard slog but worth it..."
How I did it: practise, practise, practise!!!
- chinese pod; listen to the podcasts while cooking, showering, working out
- pleco dict on Palm PDA: great for character memorisation/ flashcards
- movies; chinese movies are pretty awesome anyway, learning the language is just another excuse to watch some
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Learn a language
Yes I agree, I have been studying Japanese for a few years and as many of the asian languages, Chinese is probably one of the most difficult.
I recently came across an interesting tool that has been useful to communicate with other people around the world. Amazing what you can find online.
http://worldjumper.net/topic.php?id=71558218361
This site helps me reach out and talk to other people. Possible to post my comments in 10 languages.
Any way I really appreciate your comments and great luck with your continued studies.
Persistence will always pay and get the results.
